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Biography

David Teague is a professor of English at the 91Ô­´´ Associate in Arts Program in Wilmington. Dr. Teague serves on the board of the Delaware Humanities Forum, the Delaware Center for Justice, and is a Fellow in the Yale National Teacher's Initiative. He is currently associate director of the 91Ô­´´ Associate in Arts Program, a 91Ô­´´ Community Engagement Fellow, and a director of the Just Write! Wilmington initiative, a creative writing program for underserved children in Wilmington. He is a participant in 100 Men Reading, a local literacy collaborative, and developed the New Beginnings Community Garden with the YWCA Home-Life Management Center in Wilmington. Dr. Teague was also one of the founding members of theÌýÌýproject, a yearlong reflection on the National Guard's occupation of Wilmington after the riots following Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination. Dr. Teague and his students worked with the Wilmington Archives Project to create a digital collection of photos and oral histories from Wilmington residents who had lived through the occupation in 1968.Ìý​

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Education

​B.A., Hendrix College, Conway, Arkansas

M.A., Literature,Ìýthe University of Virginia

Ph.D.,ÌýLiterature,ÌýUniversity of Virginia

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Courses Taught

LEAD 100:ÌýLeadership, Integrity, and Change

ENGL 227:ÌýCreative Writing

ENGL 207:ÌýIntro to Poetry

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Publications

​Teague is the author of three books of literary criticism:ÌýThe Southwest in American Literature: The Rise of a Desert Aesthetic,ÌýThe Secret Life of John C. Van Dyke: Correspondence, 1890-1932,ÌýandÌýThe Nature of Cities.'Ìý

He is also the author of six books for children:ÌýFranklin’s Big Dreams,ÌýThe Red Hat,ÌýSaving Lucas Biggs, Connect the Stars,ÌýHenry Cicada’s Extraordinary Elktonium Escapade, andÌýHow Oscar Indigo Broke the Universe and Put It Back Together Again.